The Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) Partnership in Tallahassee, Fla., has marked the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Sandy’s sweep through coastal New Jersey and New York with a new video, streaming at #HurricaneStrong on YouTube, featuring a storm survivor’s commitment to building her home back better and creating resilience in the face of future storms.
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The forthcoming ASTM E3130, Developing Cost-Effective Community Resilience Strategies will inform authorities on ways to withstand, respond to and recover from a range of potential catastrophes, such as natural hazards, utility outages and human-caused disruptions. Developed by ASTM International Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings, the new standard provides an economic framework to evaluate investment strategies, plus a seven-step approach to help communities formulate their own resilience plans.
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